132 PRACTICAL LESSONS IN LAKE ANGLING. 



neighbourhood of the gorge, and into the gorge of the 

 lake itself, where it empties its immense waters, form- 

 ing the river Awe. They are said to remain engaged 

 in this operation for two or three months, and at this 

 time their instinctive tendencies are so far changed 

 that they will rise eagerly at large and gaudily dressed 

 salmon-flies, and may be either angled for from the 

 banks, or trolled with a cross line, where the outlet of 

 the lake is narrow. 



'' The flavour of this great lacustrine species is coarse 

 and indifferent. The colour of the flesh is orange- 

 yellow, not the rich salmon-colour of a fine common 

 trout in good season. The stomach is very capacious, 

 and on dissection (differing singularly in this respect 

 from the salmon) it is almost always found gorged with 

 fish," 



ANGLING FOR GWINIAD. 



The gwiniad * is a gregarious fish, and is peculiar to 

 a few lakes, such as the Bala lake and Pembermere in 

 Wales, Ulls water in Cumberland, Loch Neagh in Ire- 

 land, and Loch Lomond, Loch Eik, and the Castle 

 Loch of Loch Maben in Scotland. It is about a foot 

 long, and spawns about a month later than the trout. 

 It is angled for exactly as the smaller sorts of trout, 

 either with flies natural or artificial, or with ground 

 bait, or by trolling. 



ANGLING FOR CHAR 



There are two sorts of char, the gilt ,or red char,. 



(1) In Latin, Corsganus lavare.tus. 



